QantasLink
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| Founded | 2002 | ||||||
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| Operating bases |
Adelaide Airport Brisbane Airport Cairns Airport Hobart Airport Melbourne Airport Sydney Airport Perth Airport |
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| Alliance | Oneworld (Affiliate) | ||||||
| Subsidiaries |
Eastern Australia Airlines Sunstate Airlines AirLink (operated by Cobham Aviation Services Australia) Network Aviation |
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| Fleet size | 82 | ||||||
| Destinations | 54 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||
| Website | www.qantaslink.com.au | ||||||
QantasLink is a regional brand of Australian airline Qantas and is an affiliate member of the Oneworld airline alliance. It is a major competitor to Regional Express Airlines and Virgin Australia Regional Airlines. As of September 2010 QantasLink provides 1,900 flights each week to 54 domestic locations.
Prior to 2002, Qantas' various subsidiaries operated under separate brands. In 2002 a common brand was created, encompassing AirLink (a franchise, operated at the time by National Jet), Sunstate Airlines, Eastern Australia Airlines, and Southern Australia Airlines.
For a short while, QantasLink took over some of Qantas' non-trunk routes, such as Sydney - Sunshine Coast, using Boeing 717s that were inherited after Qantas acquired Impulse Airlines. QantasLink ceased operating some of these routes after Qantas formed low-cost subsidiary Jetstar Airways, transferring the Boeing 717 aircraft and routes to the new airline. In 2005/06, eight of the 717s were returned to QantasLink following Jetstar's acquisition of Airbus A320 aircraft, to be operated in Western Australia, Northern Territory and far north Queensland by National Jet (now Cobham Aviation Services Australia).
In May 2014, Qantaslink 717's took over Qantas 737 operations in Hobart travelling to and from Melbourne and Sydney.
On 31 July 2015 Network Aviation was rebranded to QantasLink. This was announced by Qantas with the unveiling of a Fokker 100 in QantasLink colours.
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